Practices and patterns in teacher education were explored at this meeting. Speeches are reprinted in this report on the following subjects: (1) the nature of educational alternatives; (2) the need for quality education for children of every race; (3) training programs designed for a varied group of professionals within a community of service-related professionals; (4) the importance of theory and practice in teacher education with emphasis upon the kinds of theory and their implications; (5) the issues of research, evaluation, and the knowledge base in teacher education; and (6) possible components of instructional settings in the future and the training of teachers for these situations. (JD)